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By Dmitry Zhdannikov and Rania El Gamal LONDON/DUBAI, May 8 – It was January 2016 and oil prices had crashed to their lowest in more than a decade. Saudi Arabia’s health minister, Khalid Al Falih, a favorite to take over the oil ministry from his mentor Ali Al Naimi, was not panicking. Falih told an audience of oil executives,

By Rania El Gamal DOHA/LONDON, Feb 17 – The fate of the first global oil deal in 15 years could be decided on Wednesday when OPEC members travel to Iran to persuade the country to participate in a deal to freeze output levels, possibly by offering Tehran special terms. Dominant OPEC power Saudi Arabia and